1. I learned many things through this internship, such as how to deal with constituents, and how to make constituents feel connected to their representative which seemed very important to me. I also came to understand how important it is as a district representative to really represent the senator in out-reach events, communication and transperancy within local government.
2. My initial goals were as followed:
1. To gain a better understanding of case work with constituents.
2. To gain a larger professional network.
3. To learn if this type of work is something I would like to do long-term.
I feel as if I did meet my initial goals, I came to understand how to deal with constituent case work in learning to say the right things, and avoid saying certain "wrong" things. And overall, I feel that through my case work I was allowed to help out many constituents and make them feel heard. I also think I grew in my professional networking as I hope to refer to many of the people I met throughout my internship upon graduation and my future career. Finally, I do think this is something I'd want to do long term. Though I wouldn't want to do this out of college, one day when I need a consistent job, I think being a district representative would be enjoyable as a career.
3. Dear Richard Rea,
I would like to genuinely thank you for the opportunity to intern at the office of Senator Bob Huff. Throughout the internship I was able to grow as a future public servant and was able to learn of the importance of local representation. I really enjoyed all of the hands-on interaction I was allowed to partake in and especially enjoyed the out-reach events we all worked very hard on.
I hope that I was of help to you, the office, and Senator Bob Huff throughout the time I spent working with you all. I hope to take you up on returning at some point to help out- as it was a very enjoyable experience for me, aside from helping me with my career journey. Go Team Huff!
Thanks Sincerely,
Brianna M. Patton
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Batch 6: Due 11/25/15
1. Some of the strengths within the organization I interned for include the amount of citizen out-reach events within our district that the district representatives and even Senator Huff were passionate about. This was because they all understood the importance of making constituents feel represented and also understood, by hosting out-reach events so often it also made the office of Senator Huff visible to the public eye. I also think that our strengths within the organization was our adamancy of being sure that every constituent concern was reported and noted to the Senator. In return we would always follow up with constituents to assure the constituents they were heard.
2. I think that overall the office of Senator Huff understood the importance of local representation, I personally have never felt so welcomed by my local representatives as I felt the office of Senator Huff made that a priority.
3. Sometimes acting as a district representative can be difficult as some of the constituents call angry or upset over a certain policy or vote on a bill on behalf of Senator Huff. Though the Senator can't please everyone, those that would call upset were hard to deal with in general because they were already so negative. This was a challenge for me as I worked for the senator, because I didn't always know what to say or how to respond.
4. I utilized ASU's career services when I was informed about the 2015 Fall Downtown Phoenix Career Fair. Here there were many local government, non-profit, and private oragnaviations looking for undergraduate students and even soon to be graduate students who were interested in an internship or job. This was very beneficial and even though I already work two jobs, I found it important to at least attend to understand what potential employers were looking for. ASU's career services are very resourceful in helping students get active in the hiring process.
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